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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 11h

It's bizarre to hear "Frankie Pulitzer" adopt wildly different voices on the Czarface album.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I just got positive feedback from a Discogs buyer and I almost started crying...

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A'ja Wilson is such a transcendent player. It's tragic that the sports media doesn't give her the level of attention that she deserves.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Michael Pina's everlasting stanning of Joker is quite impressive. Dude didn't win MVP (and no, he didn't deserve it) or make the Finals (nor the Western Conference Finals, for the matter), but he still gets the pimp slot in the story art. www.theringer.com/2026/09/21/n...

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NBA Preseason Power Rankings: Tiers and Fears for All 30 Teams

Hope springs eternal. For some teams, it probably shouldn’t. We rank all 30 teams heading into the new season.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm having a lot of fun explaining the LaRussell phenomenon to astonished normies at various dinner parties...

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Has YouTube's decision last year to pull its data from Billboard's charts factored into conversations about the Hot 100 dominance of "Choosin' Texas?" I'm wondering since none of the stories I've read about so far seem to address it.

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Emma Silvers @emmaruthless.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

moment of appreciation for the fact that @soleilho.com spat out this perfect, true, and venom-filled post in like an hour *on their birthday*

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Maturing as an adult means learning to appreciate "Hello Nasty" for what it is and not getting caught up in how it used to annoy the fuck out of me.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm very inspired by many of the folks I follow here on a frequent basis. But when I see them dunking and mocking any sense of empathy for likes, I'm reminded of the need to remain skeptical towards people I don't know IRL.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Dude's talking about how he was focused on the streets...but you can literally find his features from 1986 to his solo debut in 1994, plus he was shopping his demos, trying to get onto rap tours, etc. *That's* the story I want to hear, not more of this hustler-turned-reluctant-star stuff.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Not feeling the "Decoded"-stye setup of this Jay-Z miniseries...

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I know this story is paywalled and many of you may not read it. Please note that, yes, I mentioned 2Pac's disastrous offstage antics, including his 1994 conviction on sexual abuse.

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Michael Namikas @michaelnamikas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It definitely has. I recently shared the 1996 NY Times obituary to give people some idea of how the establishment perceived him at that time (he “personified violence”) bsky.app/profile/mich...

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Correction: He was convicted of sexual abuse (which he denied). I definitely mention it in the story.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

ICYMI, I wrote about how 2Pac's image has dramatically improved since his 1996 murder. This may not be apparent to everyone. In my interview with @passionweiss.bsky.social, he reminded me that young folks treat 2Pac like someone their parents listen to. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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How the World Learned to Embrace Tupac Shakur

Three decades after his death, Tupac Shakur remains a magnetic presence — perhaps more than ever

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I admit that when I visited June's Pizza and saw that they replaced their margherita pizza with a burrata "red pie," I turned around and walked right back out. I'm trying to talk myself into giving it a chance... www.reddit.com/r/OaklandFoo...

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From the OaklandFood community on Reddit: This is the most controversial pizza in the Bay Area. But how good is it? Gift Link

Explore this post and more from the OaklandFood community

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Judging from my 9/11 timeline so far, the morning was reserved for earnestly solemn remembrances and the rest of the day will entail angry woke analysis...

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trent holograms @steadynappin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“i cheat not because i hate my girl but cuz i miss her” was nasty work

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For Oakland folks on my timeline...the City Council is trying to bring data centers to the city. Carroll Fife – who was the only person to vote against a renewal of a Flock contract – is under *a lot* of pressure from both sides over the plans. www.nodatacenteroakland.com

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No Data Centers in Oakland!

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think it's possible to applaud Olivia Rodrigo for pulling off a remarkable festival while wishing she hadn't worked in conjunction with Live Nation.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Peace to all the independent, non-affiliated investigative journalists doing good work.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

FYI, @caltropspress.bsky.social is releasing a two-volume biography of Anticon, "Catch Us Before We Fall Off," on September 29. Click on the link for a YouTube teaser. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qK...

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Catch Us Before We Fall Off: a [ch]oral history of anticon.

YouTube video by Caltrops Press

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm finally catching up with Eric K. Arnold's longread on peak hyphy. Sadly, I was living in Atlanta that year. oaklandside.org/2026/08/28/t...

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The summer of hyphy, 20 years later

Ghost riding, turf dancing, stunna shades, and scraper bikes. In 2006, Oakland birthed a movement.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Don't forget Inspectah Deck. Czarface is a three-man group. It's arguably the most commercially successful Wu-Tang-related project in years...

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A boy gets in trouble for stealing a typewriter.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's January 3, 2027. You finally voted in a new Democratic Congress, and they're ready to "clean house." But little did you know that you voted for...Blue MAGA!

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have their Discogs bio stuck in my head.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

RBL Posse made music that made me afraid to go outside. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2W8...

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M.N.O.H.P.

YouTube video by RBL Posse - Topic

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I guess y'all forgot about the time Obama said "you can't put lipstick on a pig."

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Phrase I just read for the first time today and will probably hear more in the future: "Blue MAGA."

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I wish rap journalism still existed so I could write about how profoundly lame this Nipsey Hussle "album" is.

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Mosi Reeves @humthrush.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"I think we're losing the idea that an artistic experience can simply be lived, that it can move you, stay with you and become a memory without needing to be measured, reviewed or shared." ra.co/news/85845

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'Black Mirror': Artists react to new app for scoring DJ sets · News ⟋ RA

Seen Live has been described as "Letterboxd for clubbing." Critics argue it risks further stifling the creativity afforded to DJs.

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